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National Medicines Policy update to reduce harms
Health stakeholders have welcomed the updated National Medicines Policy, saying the changes should improve medicines safety On Tuesday (20 December 2022) Health Minister Mark Butler announced an “updated and strengthened” …
Docs link pharmacists to trimethoprim shortage
Pharmacists have urged doctors to “put aside turf wars,” following claims UTI prescribing programs risk lives “When a patient with symptoms of a suspected UTI walks into a pharmacy they …
‘Many of them we now consider dangerous…’
A new pharmacy museum showcases just how far the profession has come, says one leading pharmacist The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia has opened a new museum at its Adelaide offices, …
PSA to farewell its CEO
Mark Kinsela has announced that he will step down as the CEO of the Pharmaceutical Society from mid-2023, citing personal reasons “I have absolutely loved working at PSA,” Mr Kinsela …
‘Simply unacceptable’: Pay boost call for pharmacy interns, grads
With the profession’s undergrads again at the bottom of the salary scale, pharmacy organisations have called for more support for this group Pharmacy undergraduates are again at the top of …
We’re ready to extend services right now: Tas Guild
Pharmacy stakeholders react to the news that Tasmanian premier Jeremy Rockliff has asked the Department of Health to immediately look at extending pharmacists’ role Some potential changes could take place …
All parties urged to support pharmacist scope trials
The GP shortage doesn’t justify extending the powers of pharmacists, says a leading doctor as the RACGP attacks Victoria’s announcement on scope of practice The Royal Australian College of General …
PSA and PDL join forces
Two pharmacy sector leaders pledge to work together on medicines safety and support for pharmacists The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia has entered into a new partnership with Pharmaceutical Defence Limited, …
Docs claim ‘perfect nightmare’ as more states eye pharmacist scope
More states and territories are considering changes to pharmacists’ scope of practice, as doctors continue to react with fury Following the recent announcement (13 November 2022) that NSW would implement …
Emergency access not just for natural disaster
A new disaster recovery authority is announced… but is medicines continuity a priority? Following the flood crisis affecting eastern Australia, NSW Parliament passed legislation to establish a new authority responsible …
Change afoot in the ACT… but more could be done
The ACT’s territory-wide Digital Health Record has now gone live in hospitals… while one stakeholder calls for a scope of practice trial “On behalf of the hospital pharmacy sector I …
New scope trial a script for ‘the collapse of general practice’
Doctors are up in arms about the “madness” of newly announced NSW pharmacy scope of practice and UTI trials, as the Premier says the state can’t wait for GPs to …